What a gutsy call. The left fielder had the ball 2 steps BEFORE PR Crummy had reached third base on the base hit. Hutch was wheeling crummy home all the way. Hutch must have seen something in the left fielder.

Louisville scares the hell out of me because that's what they do. Earlier this year they beat rival Kentucky off a slapper home run in the bottom of the seventh (or maybe bottom of an extra inning). Any team with the combination of luck and will to do that is scary, especially when they repeat it multiple times in a season.

need to get the big hit earlier. In the first 2 innings we had 2 on with less than 2 outs.

In softball, a runner on 2nd base is NOT considered to be in scoring position. It is rare that a base hit directly to an outfielder will score a runner from 2nd base. Although Hutch did this with our first run.

We need some key hits like Sara's. This has been our problem all year.

Runners on second and third base are both considered to be in scoring position. Why? Because all it usually takes to score that runner on second base is a base hit. There are some circumstances when this is not true (a slower player, or a very weak hit that makes it to the outfield) but generally speaking, they will score with a good base hit.